Woops. Talk about a crossed wire.
As you were...
-mark
(believe it or not that could have been far more embarassing than it
already is)
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Mark Jeftovic wrote:
>
> EURODATING.COM ?
>
> On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, DomainGuideBook.com wrote:
>
> > Have you ever thought they could be losing money?
> >
> > And they all buy their names at the same price by the way ;-)
> >
> > Lee Hodgson
> > guru@domainguru.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Grant Peel <grant@thenetnow.com>
> > To: William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>; Eric Reinert
> > <ericr@digitalaquarius.com>
> > Cc: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 2:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: Pricing
> >
> >
> > > The same question still remains... how can they be selling domains at a
> > price lower that TUCOWS can even buy them? Do you think they are loosing
> > money on each domain for some greater purpose? Or can they buy the domains
> > cheaper somewhere somehow that TUCOWS?
> > >
> > > BTW, I completely agree on not competing on price only. A few bucks a year
> > seems to make little difference to our clients, it IS the service that
> > counts.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > -Grant
> > >
> > > Grant W. Peel
> > > Technical Administrator
> > > The Net Now - Expresshost
> > > grant@thenetnow.com
> > > http://thenetnow.com
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "William X Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>
> > > To: "Eric Reinert" <ericr@digitalaquarius.com>
> > > Cc: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:46 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Pricing
> > >
> > >
> > > > Monday, Monday, October 01, 2001, 9:07:29 AM, Eric Reinert wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello....
> > > >
> > > > > Just a question about pricing....
> > > > > Recently many of my customers starting finding MUCH lower priced
> > domains
> > > > > around the internet. They are asking me why my prices are not that
> > low.
> > > > > They have stopped buying from me and changed to other places such as
> > > > > godaddy.com who is selling domains for about $9 p/yr. $9 is less than
> > > > > OpenSRS RSP's are buying them for wholesale.
> > > >
> > > > > My question is: How can we compete if they are that low and how is it
> > that
> > > > > they have the ability to sell at that low price?
> > > >
> > > > Don't compete on price. Compete on service. Don't make domain
> > > > registrations the primary focus of your business plans.
> > > >
> > > > If you want to compete on price anyway, then go through the elaborate
> > > > (and expensive) process of becoming an ICANN Accredited Registrar.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
> > > > Userfriendly.com Domains
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
-- mark jeftovic http://www.easydns.com http://mark.jeftovic.net
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